Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-15
CREAMERlEs ONCE MORE.
MIDDLEBURY, VT, April s, 1SS

Editor Register In your issue of March
% Mr.. Douglas has fired off his gun
once more, and as he has run out of ar
guments, he again resorts to the gentle
manly cry of "falsehood."
suppose he considers me "irrepressi-
BILE" because am not willing to allow
his claims, which if | did, would permit
him to occupy the whole earth, as he
says that every other system of making
butter, but by his old machine. is COM
paratively worthless. | regret very much
that simply telling the truth should veX
the righteous soul of such good man,
but the truth must be told, and if it hap
pens to hit Mr.. Douglass it is no fault
of mine.
In regard to the 10 ID cents per pound
paid patrons for butter, | will only say
one of his patrons, who lives in Whiting,
stated in store in this village that he
had only received l3 or II cents per
pound for his butter, and another living
in Cornwall told Mr.. Douglas himself
that after paying the carriage on the milk
he did not think he had received over IL
cents for his butter. and that he had from
$40 to $50 less than he would have had
if he had made his butter at home.
1t will not do for Mr.. Douglas to cry
falsehOod to these gentlemen, as he
knows them both. If Mr.. ID. has any
more grievances hope he will publish
them to the whole world through your
columns.
Since writing the above. your issue of
this date is received. in which ! notice
the report, published at the request of
Mr.. Douglas, of what he terms ''impar-
tial reports" That report have shown
over and over again to be 'put-up job,''
to make record, and every thinking
reader need not be reminded that if there
was anything official Mr.. Douglas or his
friends could bring on they would do so.
and not be harping on one string. In the
test reported no representative of the
Cooley creamers was present.
accidentally learned that there was to
be test and wrote Mr. Parker asking
him to let me know. but he ''forgot' to
answer until after it was over and to his
mind. The other systems were repre-
scented by Stoddard and Parker, both
claiming that their "pet cans" are alike
and give the same results, which they
did
The Cooley was run by its most bitter
enemies and competitors, and at that
came within one-half an ounce of making
as much as the others. claim and be-
lieve every fair-minded reader will admit
if the Cooley, under such circumstances,
can do so we'll it can "sweep the deck"
with fair and honest treatment. Three
''impartial' men did not follow the Coo
ley directions, and churned the cream be-
fore it was ripe, when they knew it
would not yield its full quantity and
churned it then for the very purpose of
making record. Against this ''impar-
tal test" these ''hOnest' churners did not
put in all of the cream in either can, but
under pretence that there was sediment
in it left out portion from each can. If
they were so honest and impartial as MIR.
Douglas wants your readers to believe,
why did they not put the cream all in
and make dirty butter if it would?
The reason is plain, they knew they
would be badly beaten if they did put it
all in and were 'honest and impartial"
Now let us see what honest and impair
.. 81 Il ia, ha 20 fan
tories where no friends of either system
were present, but were run by the users
only:
EAST GRANNY, Conn, Nov. Is, 1856
In reply to yours of the 18th, would say that
in the spring OF 1852 the East CRANKY Cream
cry Co. built and started their creamery on
setting it in deep coolers in pools of cold
spring water. We continued in this way four
years, until April, 1856. II took from twelve
to fourteen quarts of milk tor a pound of but
ter.
April LIST, 1886. we changed to the gathering
OF cream raised in the Cooley creamers. 1t
takes now from eight to eleven quarts of milk
tor pound OF butter. We get one fourth
more butter from the milk (or more) than by
the first plan, and the butter is full as good as
before. We well satisfied with the
change. Respectfully yours
CLINTON PHELPS.
Pres. OF the East CRANKY Creamery Co.